A storm in the southeast Pacific Ocean is envisioned from the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above the main coast of Chile on July 24, 2023. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 69 crew aboard the ISS participated in varied clinical research study, prepared for the arrival of freight craft Cygnus, and planned for an approaching spacewalk. Secret studies concentrated on the effects of microgravity on numerous scientific fields.
A variety of research study kept the Expedition 69 team busy aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, August 3, 2023. In the meantime, the orbital citizens will invite a U.S. cargo craft on Friday, and then turn their attention to a spacewalk next week.
Four astronauts from NASA and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) were back to work following a day off on Wednesday. The quartet had its hands complete on Thursday studying how microgravity affects biology, physics, and robotics.
Studies in Microgravity
NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen serviced blood samples to assess how the immune system changes in weightlessness. Fellow NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio swapped samples inside the Materials Science Laboratory, a research study center created to discover new applications for existing products and brand-new or enhanced products.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen carries out research study activities on July 28, 2023, utilizing the Columbus lab modules BioFabrication Facility (BFF). The BFF is a research study platform to print organ-like tissues and start proving the viability of producing human organs in space.
After the science work, all four flight engineers joined each other and called down to the next team to check out the station, SpaceX Crew-7. Together they went over the crew swap targeted for completion of the month. The foursome wrapped up its day with a conference with mission controllers to discuss Cygnus arrival on Friday.
Cygnus is because of be recorded at 5:55 a.m. EDT (2:55 a.m. PDT) on Friday, August 4, when Hoburg commands the Canadarm2 robotic arm to reach out and grapple the U.S. resupply ship. Rubio will be supporting Hoburg keeping track of Cygnus as it arrives packed with over 8,200 pounds of science and products. Cygnus began its journey to the station after going for 8:31 p.m. on Tuesday from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Just 5 days after Cygnus gets here, Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin will exit the Poisk airlock in their Orlan spacesuits for the years 10th spacewalk. They have actually been examining procedures this week for when they install micrometeoroid orbital particles shields and relocate hardware on the outside of the orbital laboratory on August 9.
The duo from Roscosmos took a break from spacewalk preparations today and studied how living in area impacts food digestion and ways future crews might pilot planetary spacecraft and robotics. Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev likewise took part in the area digestion research study before attaching electrodes to himself for a 24-hour session determining his heart activity and high blood pressure.
NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen serviced blood samples to evaluate how the immune system changes in weightlessness. Fellow NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio switched samples inside the Materials Science Laboratory, a research study facility designed to find brand-new applications for existing materials and new or improved products. After the science work, all four flight engineers signed up with each other and called down to the next team to go to the station, SpaceX Crew-7. Cygnus began its journey to the station after launching at 8:31 p.m. on Tuesday from NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.